d.a. levy’s poems and collages: Cleveland and Madison, 1962–8 by levy, d.a - 1980

Houston, TX: Quixote Press, 1980. First printing. (75) pp., 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Perfect-bound in plain card covers. Edited and assembled by Melissa Bondy and Morris Edelson, and with an introduction by Edelson. Forty-five pages of text and thirty-two pages of illustrations; twenty-two color reproductions of full-page collages, and twenty-four quarter-page images of smaller collages and concrete poems, mostly in black-and-white (thus forty-six images in total). Pages very slightly age-toned but internally very good; corners mildly bumped and plain white card covers lightly soiled, with 1/8-inch closed tears at top and bottom of spine.

An uncommon posthumous selection, with poems drawn from various levy publications. The color illustrations have the distinctive sheen and saturation of early color photocopies. Though found in a number of institutional collections, this gathering seems quite elusive in the trade.